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Council data breaches increase by ‘alarming’ 1,600 per cent

BMO Harris warns customers after laptop stolen

Bank vs. Customer Claims Rejected

Cyber-espionage Mahdi virus spreads further in Middle East

Hacker collective leaks one million records, vows ‘hellfire’

Frankenstein malware: a monster stitched together from trusted code

Virus on virus – set a thief to catch a thief

Oracle Releases Fix For Java CVE-2012-4681 Flaw

Latest SAP Security News

How Do You Change an Unhealthy Compliance Culture?

Link spotted between Wiper virus and Stuxnet, Duqu

Kaspersky looks at the wreckage of Wiper malware

More password problems from Windows Registry

Survey Tracks Security’s ‘Bad Mood’ Trend, Need for Improvement

Researchers Identify Second New Java Bug

Second LulzSec Member Arrested for Sony Pictures Attack

Analysis Shows Traces of Wiper Malware, But No Links to Flame

REALLY – Most firms do not protect sensitive data in databases, survey finds

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• German official wants Facebook to delete biometric profiles of users’ faces

• Dozens of Atlanta police socially engineered into giving ID thieves their personal info

• Bitcoinica, twice hacked in 2012, is being sued

• FinFisher: The Cyber Espionage Tool Found Everywhere

• Serious Vulnerabilities Remain in Reader After Huge Patch Release, Researchers Say

• Researchers Find Flaw in Dirt Jumper Bot

• Startup Envisions CISO Collective to Share Cyberattack Information

• Breaking Into Security: Planet Earth Edition

• Not Providing Education is the Dumbest Idea for Infosec

• Citadel Malware Used to Infiltrate Airport VPN

• Adobe Patches Critical Flash Bug, Releases Massive Reader Update

• NSA chief seeks help from hackers

• Security experts push free Gauss detection tools

• Google exec urges two-factor authentication in wake of tech reporter hack job

• How to Talk Security to the Board of Directors

• Heartland Takes Aim at POS Fraud

• Symantec’s CISO on Security Leadership

• Third-Party Breaches on the Rise

• High Roller Attacks

• Tripwire asked the question: What is the hardest part of security? Here are the answers.

• 10 Ways to Ease Public Cloud Security Concerns

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Researchers uncover causes of MilitarySingles.com hack

NASA denies Iranian cyberattack

Absinthe 2.0 Jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 Devices Released

New York Lawmakers Want Anonymous Comments Banned

FBI Warns Top Firms Of Anonymous Protest Hacks on May 25

The Virtual Sky is Falling!

Internet Fraudster Back in US After Being Fugitive for 12 Years

Join the Fight Against Cyber Spying Proposals in the Senate   

UK’s new cookie law came into effect Sunday

Yahoo and TalkTalk confirm human error as weakness security link

Flame proves cyberwarfare is active

Why Boards of Directors Don’t Get It

Mass. Hospital Pays Breach Settlement

Insider Case Exposes Security Lapses

Fighting Hackers With Public Relations

Olympic-themed spam emails carries malicious PDF  

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Security Breaches, Security News & More (week ending 2-17-12)

• Anonymous Plans To Take Down The Internet: 
• Low-Tech Fraud Targets Banks, CUs
• 4 Crime Rings to Watch
• NC: Online security breach hits Charlotte college campus, officials warn
• Auditor IV: The Card Data Breach
• Central Connecticut State University server infected with Z-Bot; over 18,000 notified of incident
• Best Practices to Prevent Document Leaks
• Lessons from the Nortel Networks Breach
• The Truth Behind Data Breaches
• What You Need to Know About the RSA Key Research
• Court Orders Defendant to Decrypt Her Computer
• Coping With a Lost Laptop
• The 15 worst data security breaches of the 21st Century
• Romanian police arrest alleged hacker in Pentagon, NASA breaches
• Analysing the cyber scam that tried to fool an infosec professional’s wife
• Profiling Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
• Are Self-Signed SSL Certificates As Insecure As They Say?
• Twitter Admits Storing IPhone Contact Data
• Disclosures: How Much Sharing is Too Much?
• Did A Decade-Long Hack Trigger Nortel’s Demise?
• Weak RSA Keys Plague Embedded Devices, But Experts Caution Against Panic

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Breaches & Information Security News

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Ernst & Young loses 401k information of bank employees

Food and beverage industry has unsavory history of data breaches

Disaster Recovery is health industry’s biggest headache

2011 review: CNI targetted, spam down, botnets up

Attackers Using Fake Google Analytics Code to Redirect Users to Black Hole Exploit Kit

Role of Ethics in IT Security

Data Loss Doesn’t Always Mean Getting Hacked

Hackers Infect WordPress Web Sites

VeriSign Hacked – But Why?

Number of patient record data breaches nearly doubled last year

Why Infosec Forced Me to Get an MBA

The Most Technologically Secure Super Bowl Ever

Acts of Terrorism vs. Cyber Threats: New Offense Scenarios

How to Win Friends and Steal Their Facebook Accounts

How To Spot A Fake Facebook Friend Profile

New Guidance on Payments Processing

Healthcare Breaches: Behind the Numbers

Verisign Breached Several Times in 2010

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Breaches From Across the Net Week ending 1-13-12

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• Phishing Campaign Using Spoofed US-CERT Emails

• Leahy promises to amend Senate version of SOPA before vote

• Can You Trust Data-Recovery Service Providers?

• Teenager Sentenced for Card Skimming

• Stratfor Website Back Online After Hack, CEO Apologizes

• Microsoft Readying Real Time Hosted Threat Intelligence Feed

• Class action lawsuit seeks $4.9 billion over TRICARE data breach

• Homeland Security gets $888m for infrastructure protection and information security

• The Lords of Dharmaraja Faked Indian Gov’t Memo

• Ten Years After Gates’s Memo, Effects Still Being Felt

• Malicious URLs being disguised by QR codes

• Carrier IQ detection tool converted to premium SMS Trojan

• Vermont tax agency posts social security numbers, federal tax IDs online

 

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Application Security Guide For CISOs

GSA Final Rule Requires Vendor Proof of Security

More than 51,000 security pros employed in Q4, up from 37.000 employed in Q1, study says

FBI Warns: Game Over

Cisero’s sues processor and bank over pass-along fines following alleged breach

Ramnit Worm Threatens Online Accounts

Cyber Attacks May Be Revealed to Investors as SEC Rules Push Disclosures

Researcher Releases New Version of P0f Fingerprinting Tool

Gamers Seek Beta Versions, Download Malware Instead

US and China headed for CYberWar in 2012: